wwe global warning tour 2002

WWE Global Warning Tour

Results [ ].

• Rikishi defeated Rico in a Kiss My Ass match
• Mark Henry & Randy Orton defeated D-Von Dudley & Batista
• Jamie Noble (c) (w/ Nida ) defeated Hurricane Helms to retain the WWE Cruiserweight Championship
• Chavo Guerrero & Hardcore Holly (w/ Maven ) defeated Billy & Chuck (w/ Rico )
• Kurt Angle defeated Test
• Lance Storm & Christian (c) defeated Billy Kidman & Rey Mysterio to retain the WWE World Tag Team Championship
• Edge defeated Chris Jericho
• Torrie Wilson defeated Stacy Keibler in a Bra and Panties match
• The Rock (c) defeated Triple H and Brock Lesnar (w/ Paul Heyman ) in a Triple Threat match to retain the WWE Undisputed Championship

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• World Wrestling Entertainment
• 2002 in Wrestling

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WWE Global Warning Tour 8/10/2002

Written by: Bob Colling

World Wrestling Entertainment presents Global Warning Tour Date: 8/10/2002 From: Melbourne, Australia

There were three matches not released on the DVD version that I have. Those matches were the following: D-Von and Batista defeating Mark Henry and Randy Orton Billy & Chuck defeating Hardcore Holly & Chavo Guerrero Kurt Angle defeating Test

All things considered, I’m not too upset not seeing those matches.

Smackdown General Manager Stephanie McMahon makes her down to the ring to start the event. She puts over the WWE in Austrailia rather quickly before the start of the first match. She dances with Rikishi on the aisle way for a few moments.

Opening Contest: Rico vs. Rikishi in a Kiss My Ass Match: Rico hits a superkick early on after a failed attack before the bell and keeps the offense going with kicks in th ecorner. Rikishi stops Rico with a belly to belly suplex. Rikishi attempts a sit down splash but Rico bails out of the way and low blows Rikishi due to the referee being distracted. Rico mule kicks the big man and taunts the fans. Rikishi avoids a top rope moonsault and hits a Samoan Drop to win the match. (*1/4. A quick opener between these two guys. A decent match. Not much to it.) After the match, Rikishi superkicks Rico and hits a back splash in the corner. Rikishi follows that up with the stink face! He also brings in a child who has green hair. He actually brings in a second child and they proceed to dance.

Second Contest: WWE Cruiserweight Champion Jamie Noble vs. Hurricane Helms: Helms tosses Noble into the ring from the apron and hammers away on the champ early on. Helms steps on Jamie’s groin while the champ was in a tree of woe. Noble elbows out of a chokeslam but walks into a superkick. Noble bailed to the floor and Helms hits a cross body to the floor! Nidia makes out with Hurricane to distract him and causes him to chase after her until the champ clotheslines Helms in the ring. Noble gets a near fall after a snap suplex. Jamie rams Helms back first into the corner and works over the challenger’s back. Noble hit a back suplex and makes out with Nidia. Helms hits a leaping cross body for a two count. Noble drives Helms down to the canvas with an electric chair slam. Noble distracts the referee so Nidia can choke Helms over the ropes. Helms hits a head scissors and both men are down. Helms drops Noble with a leaping clothesline and hits a running reverse neckbreaker for a two count! Helms with the Blockbuster off the middle rope but Noble kicks out at two again. Noble hits a nice exploder suplex but Helms kicks out. Helms with the Eye of the Hurricane but Noble pops his shoulder up at two! Helms goes for the Verterbreaker but Noble gets out to hit a northern lights suplex for a two count. Noble charges at Helms but hits the ring post. They are on the top rope where Helms hits a top rope swinging neckbreaker! Holy shit. Helms rolls over and covers but Jamie kicks out before three. Nidia distracts Hurricane and that allows Noble to backslide Helms and use the ropes for leverage to get the win! (***. A good match between these two guys. Noble was a great wrestler and his title reign during this time produced plenty of good matches. The top rope spot was nuts.) After the match, Hurricane drops Noble with a choke slam after sending Nidia into Noble!

Third Contest: WWE Tag Team Champions Lance Storm & Christian vs. Rey Mysterio Jr. & Billy Kidman: Storm and Kidman kick off the contest. Kidman with a snapmare but Storm stops him with a knee lift. Kidman head scissors and dropkicks Storm for a near fall. Kidman with a double clothesline and Rey hits a top rope hurricanrana on Christian! Rey continues with a wheelbarrow bulldog on Christian for a near fall! Christian works over Rey in the corner but Rey hits both champions before going for a moonsault but is shoved off by Christian and crashes to the floor! Christian works over Rey in the corner along with Storm. Storm hits a rolling fireman carry on Rey for a two count. The champs dangerously drop Rey across the top rope to maintain control of the bout. Christian continues his offense with a gut buster. Rey hits a springboard dropkick on Christian and tries to tag in Kidman. Christian prevents the tag and is kicked by Rey. Storm enters and knocks Kidman off the apron. Storm drops Rey gut first down to the canvas for a near fall. Rey lands on his feet after a German suplex attempt and drops Storm with a spinning heel kick. Rey looks to crawl over to Kidman for a tag and makes the tag! Kidman knocks Christian off the apron and hits a clothesline and backdrop on Storm. Kidman with a springboard bulldog on Storm and kicks Christian off the apron for a near fall. Kidman with a sit out powerbomb on Lance! Christian had a belt with him but is clotheslined by Kidman. Storm nearly wins with a superkick on Kidman. The belt is still in the ring. Kidman crotches Storm on the top and Rey hits a 619 on Christian! Kidman lifts Reys onto Storm to hit a top rope hurricanrana! Kidman heads to the top rope for the Shooting Star Press and hits it! Kidman covers but Christian pulls the referee out. Kidman baseball slides Christia. Rey takes Christian out with a springboard moonsault. Storm nails Kidman with the title belt to win the match. (***1/4. A solid tag team match between these two tag teams. I was thinking how perhaps the WWE should have had Kidman/Rey tag throughout the year and keep Edge in the main event scene on Smackdown. Kidman was always a fine talent and provided some exciting moments throughout this match. Good job, guys.)

Fourth Contest: Edge vs. Chris Jericho: Jericho calls Edge a SOB and that causes Edge to hammer away on Jericho until he bails to the floor. Edge follows him and drops Jericho with a flapjack back in the ring. Jericho hammers away on Edge and chokes Edge against the ropes. Jericho gets tangled up in the ropes and Edge spears Jericho! Edge follows that up with a spinning heel kick for a two count. Jericho avoids a clothesline and hugs the referee. Jericho clotheslines Edge and stomps away on him. Jericho chokes Edge over the middle rope and leaps onto Edge’s back. Jericho drives his elbow into Edge’s throat a couple of times. Jericho drives Edge down to the canvas with a back suplex. Jericho drops a series of elbows for a two count. Edge fights out of surfboard and nearly wins with a roll up but Jericho stops Edge with a clothesline. Jericho drives Edge down to the canvas with a delayed vertical suplex for a two count. Jericho tried to take off the top turnbuckle pad and is nearly pinned by Edge. Jericho locks in an abdominal stretch and uses the ropes for extra leverage. Edge hip tosses his way out of it and Jericho drops Edge with a forearm shot. Jericho misses Edge and hits the middle rope groin first! Edge runs Jericho over with a few clotheslines and a leaping forearm shot! Edge drives Jericho face first into the canvas. Edge drops Jericho face first across the top turnbuckle. Edge heads to the top rope but Jericho crotches Edge and chops away on him. Jericho attempts a superplex but Edge hits a middle rope Edgecution for a near win! Edge accidentally knocks the referee out with a leaping forearm smash. Jericho drives Edge down with a sleeper hold slam. Jericho goes to the floor and grabs a steel chair. Jericho tries to hit Edge but is met with a spear! Edge has the cover but the referee is out! Edge misses a second spear and Jericho hits a bulldog. Jericho attempts the Lionsault but Edge moves and hits a spear! The referee recovers and Jericho still kicks out at two! Jericho has the chair and rams the chair into Edge’s throat. Jericho hits the Lionsault and Edge kicks out at two. Jericho is pissed and goes back to work on Edge. Edge slingshots Jericho into the exposed turnbuckle but can’t pin Jericho! Edge goes for the Edgecution but Jericho tries for the Walls of Jericho, but Edge gets the pin with an inside cradle. (**1/2. I really like both men, but this match didn’t overly entertain me all that much. There was a few good spots, but the match kind of killed me with some of the near falls. Taz on commentary really hurt the suspense of the nearfalls, as well.) After the match, Jericho throws a temper tantrum just like he would do in WCW in late ’97 and early ’98.

Fifth Contest: Stacy Keibler vs. Torrie Wilson in a Bra & Panties Match: Val Venis is the special referee for the contest. Remember when he was an RTC guy damned this type of behavior? I stand corrected, Venis is not the referee but rather just cuts a promo for the match. Well, both women have their bottoms off and they roll around and eventually roll over the referee, just like every time. The referee is really happy about it. He clearly loosens his pants and Torrie pulls his pants down. He was wearing pink underwear. Nidia runs out and attacks Torrie. Torrie with a double clothesline and a neckbreaker on Nidia. Torrie rips off Nidia’s shorts. Torrie rolls Stacy over and pulls her shorts off. Val was the ring announcer for the match. No rating because it was just used for eye candy.

Main Event: WWE Undisputed Champion The Rock vs. Triple H vs. Brock Lesnar: Rock hammers away on Brock and HHH gets a few shots in on Lesnar as well. Rock and HHH clothesline Brock to the floor showing teamwork but HHH drops Rock with a clothesline moments later. HHH works over Rock in the corner with right hands. Rock comes out of the corner with a clothesline and brings Lesnar into the ring from the apron. Rock hammers away on both chalengers until Lesnar stops Rock with a clothesline. Brock drives his shoulder into Rock in the corner and HHH hammers away on Rock. Rock fights back on HHH until HHH delivers a face buster and Brock hits a clothesline for a two count. Brock didn’t make the save and just stood there smiling. Rock hits a double clothesline as he tries to fight back. Brock decks HHH with a clothesline. Lesnar clotheslines Rock and taunts the champion. Rock backdrops Brock to the floor. Paul Heyman gets a cheap shot on Rock and runs away. Rock runs after Heyman until HHH nails Rock with a clothesline and drops the champion throat first across the guard railing. HHH drops Brock throat first across the top rope back in the ring. HHH pummels Lesnar in the corner. Lesnar drives his shoulder into HHH’s midsection in the corner. HHH drops Brock with a high knee lift and Rock is back in to hammer away on Lesnar. HHH hits a neckbreaker on Rock for a near fall. HHH plants Brock with a spinebuster for a two count. Rock hits a swinging neckbreaker on HHH. Brock goes for the F5 but HHH stops that. Brock backdrops HHH to counter a pedigree. Brock clotheslines HHH to the floor. Brock hits an overhead belly to belly suplex on Rock. Brock drives HHH head first into the ring post from the apron. Brock has the champ all by himself. Lesnar locks in a bearhug on Rock. HHH is still on the floor after the ring post shot and is busted open. Rock refuses to stay down and fights out of the hold. Lesnar catches Rock and goes for the F5 but Rock lands on his feet. Rock hits a big clothesline on Lesnar and plants Brock with a DDT! Rock locks in the sharpshooter! Lesnar is in the middle of the ring! HHH slides back into the ring and clotheslines Rock from behind. HHH goes for the pedigree and hits it on Rock! HHH goes for the cover but Brock makes the save at two! Brock hits the F5 on HHH! Brock covers but Rock makes the save. Rock plants Brock with a spinebuster and hits the People’s Elbow! Rock goes for the cover but Brock kicks out at two! Rock punches Heyman off the apron and that allows Lesnar to hit the F5! HHH breaks up the count at two! HHH hits the pedigree on Lesnar for a near fall! Rock hits the Rock Bottom and pins HHH to win the match! (**3/4. A fine main event to close the show, but it isn’t anything all that memorable. It was obvious that HHH was going to eat the pin considering Lesnar is being built up like a beast. It’s a huge main event on paper and I had high expectations, the match didn’t reach those expectations, though.)

Final Thoughts: It’s not a bad way to spend just under two hours of your day to watch this release. For the most part, everything on the DVD was entertaining. The tag title match really sticks out along with a solid Cruiserweight title match. This gets a thumbs up from me.

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WWE Global Warning

WWE Global Warning was a Pay Per View event produced by World Wrestling Entertainment , which took place on August 10, 2002 , at the Colonial Stadium in Melbourne, Australia.

The show features wrestlers from the Raw and SmackDown brands.

This event marked the return of WWE to Australia for the first time since 1986.

The event had an attendance of 56,734 fans. The main event of the show was The Rock vs. Triple H vs. Brock Lesnar .

Below you can find the full match card and results of WWE Global Warning, and more information about the event.

Note: If you would like to see the event card without spoilers, make sure to toggle to the "Match Card" tab before scrolling down.

WWE Global Warning: Results & Match Card

Kiss my ass match.

WWE Cruiserweight Championship

WWE Tag Team Championship

Bra & Panties Match

WWE Undisputed Championship Triple Threat Match

• Event Name WWE Global Warning

• Event Type Pay Per View
• Brand Raw , SmackDown

• Location Melbourne, Australia
• Event Date August 10, 2002
• Arena Colonial Stadium
• Network On-Demand
• Attendance 56,734
• Running Time 3 hours

• Theme Song "Mental" by WWE Production Theme
• Main Event The Rock vs. Triple H vs. Brock Lesnar
• Notes This event marked the return of WWE to Australia for the first time since 1986.

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The Story Behind Global Warning

For a show that was basically unwatchable at the time, you’d think this was just a standard run-of-the-mill house show event but that wasn’t the case at all. The main event of this show was a Triple Threat No Disqualification Match for the WWE Undisputed Championship with The Rock defending his Championship against Brock Lesnar and Triple H. Rock vs. Lesnar vs. Triple H! If that isn’t a dream match I don’t know what is.

The event was held in Melbourne’s Colonial Stadium and the attendance was a massive 56,734, an attendance record for the stadium. It was a WrestleMania-level event and as this was WWE’s first visit to Australia since 1986, the audience is so loud and treated every match with a reverence that most WWE crowds do not.

Global Warning Was A Fun Non-Canon Show

Global Warning kicks off with a huge pyro display and the first pop of the night goes to Stephanie McMahon of all people. Stephanie gets a huge babyface reaction, in fact, it’s kind of weird hearing her getting such a good reaction, and it’s probably the biggest of her career as a face. As Smackdown General Manager, she welcomes us to the show and introduces Rikishi, she does the Too Cool dance with him (which was also weird) and introduces the first match of the show: Rikishi vs. Rico in a Kiss My Ass Match.

Throughout the show, we get little videos of WWE superstars touring Australia. The first video shows Jaime Noble and Nidia going surfing, then we see Christian, Lance Storm, and Kurt Angle visiting an Australian Zoo, then later Edge, Billy Kidman, and Torrie Wilson are shown sightseeing together. There is also a Fan Frenzy event, and footage from a Charity Dinner/Auction with paintings of the Rock, Triple H, and Hulk Hogan going for thousands of dollars. It’s all entertaining stuff and things you don’t really see on WWE TV regularly.

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Filling out the rest of the card we get a Cruiserweight Championship match in Jaime Noble vs. The Hurricane, and a WWE Tag Team Championship match between the Un-Americans vs. Rey Mysterio & Billy Kidman, though as the show doesn’t seem to be in WWE canon, no titles change hands. Also, showing a sign of when exactly this show is taking place we get a Bra & Panties Match between Stacy Keibler and Torrie Wilson with the Big Valbowski as the Special Ref.

One of the show's best matches is a cracking singles match between Edge and Chris Jericho. Prior to the match, Jericho addressed the crowd but was immediately hit with some “You’re a Wanker” chants. Jericho, as well as Cole and Tazz on commentary, seemed to have no idea what this word means yet still manage to use the word as much as possible. Jericho answered the crowd with "You think I'm a wanker? Well I don't even know what a wanker is, and I think Australia sucks!" Tazz gets the line of the night however with "Jericho landed right on his wanker!" (As a Brit, this was all very funny stuff.)

And the night ends with easily the most high profile match on the show, a WWE Undisputed Championship No Disqualification Triple Threat Match: The Rock vs. Brock Lesnar vs. Triple H. Like the other Championship matches on the show, the outcome was obvious, and the Rock retained his Championship in a very good 20-minute match. There were some hilarious house show style shenanigans after the match as babyfaces Rock and Triple H lay out Lesnar leaving Paul Heyman all alone. Heyman pleads for his life in front of Rock and Triple H in a desperate bid not to get beat up. But of course, they beat him up.

Global Warning was a fun non-canon WWE show in an era when these house show shenanigans were relatively rare. It was fun to see segments of the wrestlers sightseeing around Australia and the whole night had a fun vibe that you don’t see much of on WWE TV. Overall the show is well worth a watch.

WWE Global Warning Tour 2002 Melbourne

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Kiss My Ass Match

Rikishi Defeated Rico

Tag Team Match

Mark Henry And Randy Orton Defeated Reverend D-Von And Batista

Singles Match For The WWE Cruiserweight Championship

Jamie Noble (C) (With Nidia) Defeated The Hurricane

Hardcore Holly And Chavo Guerrero (With Maven) Defeated Billy And Chuck

WWE Global Warning Tour: Melbourne (2002)